Risk Management in Credit Portfolios [electronic resource] : Concentration Risk and Basel II /
Hibbeln, Martin.author.
Risk concentrations play a crucial role for the survival of individual banks and for the stability of the whole banking system. Thus, it is important from an economical and a regulatory perspective to properly measure and manage these concentrations. In this book, the impact of credit concentrations on portfolio risk is analyzed for different portfolio types and it is determined, in which cases the influence of concentration risk has to be taken into account. Furthermore, some models for the measurement of concentration risk are modified to be consistent with Basel II and their performance is compared. Beyond that, this book integrates economical and regulatory aspects of concentration risk and seeks to provide a systematic way to get familiar with the topic of concentration risk from the basics of credit risk modeling to present research in the measurement and management of credit risk concentrations.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references.
Credit Risk Measurement in the Context of Basel II -- Concentration Risk in Credit Portfolios and Its Treatment Under Basel II -- Model-Based Measurement of Name Concentration Risk in Credit Portfolios -- Model-Based Measurement of Sector Concentration Risk in Credit Portfolios -- Conclusion.
Risk concentrations play a crucial role for the survival of individual banks and for the stability of the whole banking system. Thus, it is important from an economical and a regulatory perspective to properly measure and manage these concentrations. In this book, the impact of credit concentrations on portfolio risk is analyzed for different portfolio types and it is determined, in which cases the influence of concentration risk has to be taken into account. Furthermore, some models for the measurement of concentration risk are modified to be consistent with Basel II and their performance is compared. Beyond that, this book integrates economical and regulatory aspects of concentration risk and seeks to provide a systematic way to get familiar with the topic of concentration risk from the basics of credit risk modeling to present research in the measurement and management of credit risk concentrations.
Basel II (2004)
Basler Eigenkapitalvereinbarung 
Finance.
Leadership.
Macroeconomics.
Economics, Mathematical .
Finance, general.
Business Strategy/Leadership.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.
Quantitative Finance.
Contributions to Economics